Man Charged With Making Terrorist Threat Through Voodoo

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[chance33_98]

Man Charged With Making Terrorist Threat Through Voodoo 
Sheriff Says Curse Isn't Working

POSTED: 8:39 a.m. CDT June 27, 2002

WETUMPKA, Ala. -- A man accused of sending a letter containing a voodoo curse to Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin has been charged with making a terrorist threat.

James Earl Marshall, 50, of Wetumpka was being held without bond. The case against him will be presented to the grand jury, which is set to meet in mid-July, said Sam Partridge, chief assistant district attorney.

Marshall was jailed in May on drug charges. Last week, authorities said, he sent a four-page letter to the sheriff's home, threatening that if all charges against him were not dropped, Marshall would have a gang of Haitian friends "take care of you and your wife."

The package contained a paper bag with human hair taped outside and unknown contents inside. The bag contained a voodoo curse, the letter said.

"Several folks have stopped by and called to find out what was going on," Franklin said. "They are asking about my well-being, which is nice. But I feel fine. I don't think the curse is working."

[dennisw]

I walked 47 miles of barbed wire,
Used a cobra snake for a neck tie.
Got a brand new house on the roadside,
Made out of rattlesnake hide.
I got a brand new chimney made on top,
Made out of human skulls.
Now come on darling let's take a little walk, tell me,
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
Arlene took me by the hand,
And said oooh eeeh daddy I understand.
Who do you love,
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
The night was black and the night was blue,
And around the corner an ice wagon flew.
A bump was a hittin' lord and somebody screemed,
You should have heard just what I seen.
Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love, Who do you love.
Arleen took me by my hand, she said Ooo-ee Bo you know I understand
I got a tombstone hand and a graveyard mind,
I lived long enough and I ain't scared of dying.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

If voodoo is a religion, then the man cannot be prosecuted because of the separation of church and state.

[tomakaze]

RE:A man accused of sending a letter containing a voodoo curse to Elmore County Sheriff Bill Franklin has been charged with making a terrorist threat.
 
Yeah. A curse of uncontrollable laughter in the Station House.
This is as funny as when the Yakima indian tribe tried to submit a bill to the state Washington for "rain dance" services.
 
On the other side though..."terrorism"? give me a break.

[ThreeYearLurker]

Now go and do the voodoo that you do so well!

[185JHP]

What's the origin of that song? Is it voudoun-based? Written in New Orleans?

[dennisw]

That's Bo Diddly and it seems to be voodoo influenced with it's dark images.